US State Dept.: Israel broke rules of cluster bomb use - JP

[Eugene]

Jan. 28, 2007 0:42 | Updated Jan. 28, 2007 5:13
US State Dept.: Israel broke rules of cluster bomb use
By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON

A preliminary US State Department report has found that Israel violated US-Israel arms
agreements governing the use of cluster bombs during the war in Lebanon last summer,
US administration officials told The Jerusalem Post this weekend.

Congress is expected to be briefed on the conclusions of the report in the coming week.
The State Department investigation was launched following an outcry by the UN, several
human rights groups and many Arab outlets charging that the bomblets had caused
tremendous collateral damage and left Lebanese civilian areas covered with unexploded
ordinance.

Use of cluster munitions exported by the US to Israel is governed by confidential
agreements. When the State Department investigation began in late August, however,
The New York Times noted that various news reports had specified that US-delivered
cluster bombs can be used only in combat with organized Arab armies and clearly defined
military targets, under conditions like those that existed in the Six Day and Yom
Kippur Wars.

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It remains unclear what the consequences of the current State Department findings will be,
but one source said, "The conclusions can't be ignored."

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Bad to question things.

You'll be labled an anti-semite. Even if you are Jewish.